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if stratified-for spring planting. But special varieties, such 

 as the seedless, must be propagated by suckers, layers, or 

 cuttings of the young wood, like the hardy hydrangia (62). 



276. Goumi (Elcagnus longipes). This quite-near rela-. 

 tive of our buffalo-berry was introduced from Japan. It 

 is a bush in habit with reddish-brown branches and hand- 

 some foliage with peculiar star-like centres above and 

 brown scales below. The fruit is oval, and dark green 

 until of full size, when it suddenly changes to a beautiful 

 crimson, dotted with golden spots. When fully ripe the 

 fruit is of the size of small cherries, with a spicy flavor 

 that most persons like. It makes an excellent sauce and 

 a jelly that has an agreeable aromatic flavor. In mild 

 climates where the Japan plums are fully hardy, it is a 

 very heavy bearer and an ornamental shrub on the lawn. 

 As with the Juneberry, the birds are peculiarly fond of 

 the fruit. If grown commercially, however, the quantity 

 the birds take would not be missed. 



It is propagated by cuttings of the young wood planted 

 in autumn (58). But it is more frequently propagated by 

 half-dormant cuttings in June and July under glass. We 

 have secured additional hardiness of plant by budding and 

 grafting it on seedlings of Elceagnus angustifolia, which 

 also increases the vigor and size of the bush. 



277. The Huckleberry. The huckleberry is the most 

 widely distributed wild fruit of the Northern and Southern 

 States. In nearly all parts of the Union it is gathered for 

 local use and sent to distant markets. In its season the 

 receipts of the fruit exceeds 2000 bushels per day, and as 

 far west as Wisconsin, an annual crop of 20,000 bushels 

 is gathered and shipped to Chicago, Milwaukee, and as 

 far west as Des Moines and Omaha. Aside from the wild 

 cranberry it is the leading commercial wild fruit of this 

 country. But as yet it is not cultivated anywhere, except 



